The fight was one-sided from the first gong, and an athlete from Kazakhstan missed more than 200 blows during the fight. In the twelfth round, 30-year-old Yerbosynuly hit the floor twice until referee Tony Wicks stopped the fight. According to Ronnie Shields, Morrell's trainer, the one-sided fight could have been stopped in the eighth round.
The undefeated boxer from Kazakhstan was hospitalized immediately after the end of the fight. At stake was the regular WBA super middleweight championship belt.